Editing Greenwich Village (section)

===Literature===
* In her non-fiction, [[Jane Jacobs]] frequently cites Greenwich Village as an example of a vibrant urban community, most notably in her 1961 book ''[[The Death and Life of Great American Cities]]''.<ref>Rodwin, Lloyd. [https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/08/17/reviews/jacobs.html "Neighbors Are Needed"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028154945/http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/08/17/reviews/jacobs.html |date=October 28, 2016 }}, ''The New York Times'', November 5, 1961. Accessed October 27, 2016.</ref>
* Frank and April Wheeler of the 1961 novel ''[[Revolutionary Road]]'', and the [[Revolutionary Road (film)|2008 film of the same name]], used to share an apartment on Bethune Street in the [[West Village]] prior to the events of the story.<ref>Waldman, Adelle. [https://newrepublic.com/article/64463/blaming-the-burbs "Blaming the 'Burbs"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018003022/https://newrepublic.com/article/64463/blaming-the-burbs |date=October 18, 2018 }}, ''The New Republic'', December 22, 2008. Accessed October 27, 2016.</ref>
* [[O. Henry]]'s 1907 short story, "[[The Last Leaf]]", is set in Greenwich Village.
* The anti-hero of the 1961 book ''[[Mother Night]]'' by author [[Kurt Vonnegut]], and the [[Mother Night (film)|1996 film of the same name]], Howard W. Campbell Jr., resides in Greenwich Village after [[World War II]] and prior to his arrest by the Israelis.<ref>Hunter, Stephen. "[https://www.baltimoresun.com/1996/11/08/deception-rules-mother-night-review-nolte-arkin-are-great-in-a-big-film-that-doesnt-act-like-the-small-budget-movie-it-is/ Deception rules 'Mother Night' Review: Nolte, Arkin are great in a big film that doesn't act like the small-budget movie it is]", ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'', November 8, 1996. Accessed October 27, 2016.</ref>
* In [[Lesley M. M. Blume]]'s children's novel, ''Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters'', the main characters reside in Greenwich Village.<ref>[http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-375-93523-7 ''Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028084945/http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-375-93523-7 |date=October 28, 2016 }}, ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''. Accessed October 27, 2016. "This promising first novel introduces memorable 11-year-old Cornelia S. Englehart, who lives in Greenwich Village with her "very famous concert pianist" mother, Lucille Englehart."</ref>
* The suggestion of moving to the Village shocks newlywed New York aristocrat Jamie "Rick" Ricklehouse in [[Nora Johnson]]'s 1985 novel ''Tender Offer''. The implication is telling of the Village's reputation in the New York of the 1960s before mass gentrification when it was perceived as lowly and beneath upper class society.<ref>{{cite book |last=Johnson |first=Nora |title=Tender Offer |year=1985 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |isbn=0-671-55666-5 |page=[https://archive.org/details/tenderoffer00john/page/98 98] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/tenderoffer00john/page/98}}</ref>
* In [[Philip Roth]]'s 2000 novel ''[[The Human Stain]]'' the main character Coleman Silk lives in the Village while studying at NYU.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Human Stain: Greenwich Village, ca. 1953 {{!}} Patell and Waterman's History of New York |url=https://ahistoryofnewyork.com/2009/06/the-human-stain-greenwich-village-ca-1953/ |access-date=2021-08-30|website=ahistoryofnewyork.com}}</ref>